Bush Administration flip-flop?

Basically, FAA, in precribing rules for space pilots, and forbidding them to be armed (so much for Star Trek), went out of its way to assert the "collective right" theory.

UPDATE: David Codrea emails the FAA and is told the rule was approved by the Executive Office of the President. Of course, this may just mean that some overworked fellow got a stack of papers relating to rules for private space flight on his desk, knowing nothing of the subject, gave it a quick read and signed off.